GRE阅读练习：伦敦非法涂鸦现象逐渐消失.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：伦敦非法涂鸦现象逐渐消失 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：伦敦非法涂鸦现象逐渐消失 GRE考试精品课程指导  Having turned respectable, graffiti culture is dying  涂鸦文化获得体面，然濒临灭绝  LONDONS fastest-changing art gallery is hidden in a sunken ball court on a housing estate in Stockwell, south London. On a sunny Sunday afternoon six or seven men, mostly in their 30s, are busy painting the walls with new designs. They have put up cartoons, names written in elaborate, multi coloured lettering and clever perspective tricks. Tins of spray paint and beer stand on the ground; ladders lean against the paintings. The atmosphere is not unlike that of a golf course: a mix of concentration and blokey relaxation.  伦敦的艺术展瞬息万变，这次则在伦敦南部斯托克维尔住宅区的一个地下球场举行。一个阳光明媚的周日午后，六七个30多岁的男子把自己的新设计画在墙壁上。他们在上面画了卡通图，精心设计的名字、色彩缤纷的字母和巧妙的错觉图。地上摆着一瓶瓶喷漆和啤酒，扶梯靠在墙上。这场景和高尔夫球场一样：是一种专注力和娱乐休闲的并存体。  Graffiti painting is traditionally a daredevil pursuit. Teenagers dodge security guards to put their names on trains and buses. But over the past decade that has all but disappeared from Britains cities. Between 2007 and 2012 the number of incidents of graffiti recorded by the British Transport Police fell by 63%. A survey by the environment ministry shows that fewer places are blighted by tags than ever. Graffiti are increasingly confined to sanctioned walls, such as the Stockwell ball courts. In time the practice may die out entirely.  一般来讲，涂鸦画可谓是一种不计后果的活动。年轻人们会避开保安，把它们的名字画上火车和巴士。但在过去的十年，这种现象在英国的城市已经消失了。从2007到2012年，违反英国交通法规的涂鸦案件下降了63%。环境部的调查显示，比起以前，受到标语破坏的地方越来越少。现在，涂鸦画日益局限在那些允许被涂画的墙上，比如斯托克维尔的球场。假以时日，这种行为可能会完全消亡。  The most obvious reason for the decline in tagging and train-painting is better policing, says Keegan Webb, who runs The London Vandal, a graffiti blog. Numerous CCTV cameras mean it is harder to get away with painting illegally. And punishments are more severe. Once-prolific taggers such as Daniel Halpin, who painted his pseudonym “Tox” all over London, have been given